stuff that has made me smile lately!
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cinaedI realize my LJ has been mostly doom and gloom due to graduation and personal stuff, so I thought I'd try a list of stuff that made me happy.
1. Susan Boyle.
2. The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, edited by Hugh Greene. Or more specifically, the first story in the collection:
'Cinderella's Slipper' by Hugh C. Weir
...You GUYS. *flails* YOU GUYS. The year is 1914. Meet Nora, a female reporter. Meet Madelyn Mack, private eye. Together, theyfight solve crime! It's AWESOME!
3. The discovery that while the collection of Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective is only available in its 1914 version for uh $200 (though Lily found me a copy at $78 in yen!), Google Books has the entire book available to d/l in PDF format for free.
...I don't know how that's legal, but, um, I can't bring myself to care. *fangirls Google Books*
Nora! And Miss Madelyn Mack! Kicking ass and taking names! You GUYS. *delighted flailing*
AND! Madelyn Mack was apparently inspired by a real-life detective named Mary Holland, who was friends with Hugh C. Weir. She ran a renowned detective agency in Chicago, and she and her husband (whose name I can't be bothered to look up) published a criminology magazine!
4. Winning second place in the university's poetry contest. (Second year, second place again. Always the bridesmaid and never the bride, but the girl who beat me is amazing and writes wonderful poetry so I don't feel bad at all.)
5. Receiving an invitation to attend the Department Scholar Recognition Ceremony. Apparently if you get a 3.5 GPA or higher in your major, they throw you a party!
6. Figuring out that I'll probably be graduating Cum Laude from university. Go me!
1. Susan Boyle.
2. The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, edited by Hugh Greene. Or more specifically, the first story in the collection:
'Cinderella's Slipper' by Hugh C. Weir
...You GUYS. *flails* YOU GUYS. The year is 1914. Meet Nora, a female reporter. Meet Madelyn Mack, private eye. Together, they
3. The discovery that while the collection of Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective is only available in its 1914 version for uh $200 (though Lily found me a copy at $78 in yen!), Google Books has the entire book available to d/l in PDF format for free.
...I don't know how that's legal, but, um, I can't bring myself to care. *fangirls Google Books*
Nora! And Miss Madelyn Mack! Kicking ass and taking names! You GUYS. *delighted flailing*
AND! Madelyn Mack was apparently inspired by a real-life detective named Mary Holland, who was friends with Hugh C. Weir. She ran a renowned detective agency in Chicago, and she and her husband (whose name I can't be bothered to look up) published a criminology magazine!
4. Winning second place in the university's poetry contest. (Second year, second place again. Always the bridesmaid and never the bride, but the girl who beat me is amazing and writes wonderful poetry so I don't feel bad at all.)
5. Receiving an invitation to attend the Department Scholar Recognition Ceremony. Apparently if you get a 3.5 GPA or higher in your major, they throw you a party!
6. Figuring out that I'll probably be graduating Cum Laude from university. Go me!
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Date: 2009-04-15 05:00 pm (UTC)Works published before 1923 are in the public domain in the US, so anyone can copy them legally.
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Date: 2009-04-15 08:05 pm (UTC)...Also, I checked Project Gutenberg first, and they didn't have it, and apparently my brain equates a book not being on Gutenberg with not being in the public domain. *laughs*
But yay, gotta love the public domain!
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Date: 2009-04-15 06:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-16 01:46 pm (UTC)(I had a 2.9 by the time I graduated. Senioritis WOE.)